7 Weeks Out

Sep 14, 2010

Weight: 325
9/14/10

It's strange to me how weight seems to come off in a "chunky" fashion.  I'll go a whole week staying the same weight, then I have another week where I am losing a pound a day and lose a big "chunk" that week.

I finally joined a gym... it's been years since I went to the gym and I had to spend an hour in my car in the parking lot working up the nerve to go in.  My friend Becky gave me a nice pep talk about going in and doing my thing.

I found that the shoes I had for working out when I had lost a lot of weight in the past don't fit me.  So I had to do my workout in my athletic sandles.  I'm broke for another few weeks but after that I'll have to get some new workout shoes. 

7 weeks out and 35 pounds down from surgery.. that's averaging 5 pounds a week.  It's certainly not as much as some have lost, and it's hard not to compare myself to others, but I'm pretty happy with my progress.  If I kept up that pace I could lose 260 pounds in a year.  Although I know there's no way I will keep up that pace, it's nice to daydream about.

Added to the 28 pounds I lost pre-op, I've lost a total of 63 pounds.  Not too shabby in 3 months.  Tomorrow I'm going to Dr. C's support group meeting.  I hope he doesn't give me crap about my weight loss.  I'm doing the best that I can.

I know I could do better.. I struggle with grazing all day.  It's like since I can't eat a huge volume at one time, I make up for it by eating all day long.  Fortunately I still make good choices (lots of protein rich food) so I think that kind of offsets the grazing. 

I might eat 2oz of protein, then 2 hours later eat another 2 oz.. sometimes only an hour later honestly.  I can't wait to finish my waiting period for drinking to get my next mini-meal in.  I've been doing a little better with eating slower and that really helps some.  When I remember to drink tea between meals that helps too.

I am excited about exercising again, for now.. I hope that motivation lasts.  When I used to exercise a lot I was quite addicted to it.. would love to have that addiction again!  I'm already so much more active than I used to be.

This past weekend I took my son to Toys R Us and walked around for two hours straight helping him pick out toys for his birthday wishlist.  The old me would have been way too tired to do that.  I've been daydreaming about getting back into my old hobbies from my thinner days.. ballroom dancing and rollerblading.

In fact my son wants rollerskates for his birthday so that might be something we can do together. I still don't have high hopes that I will get to goal with this surgery, but I do feel that it is a very helpful tool that if I use it properly along with making good food  choices and exercise, I might have a chance.

At the very least if I can get below 200 that is worlds better than where I started from.  Even 100 pounds lost would make the surgery worth it for me, but I'd absolutely love to be under 200 pounds.. what a dream.  Well.. first I have to make it under 300. :)

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